The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs

[Richard A Thackeray]

All being well.....
(it's already booked/paid-for)

We're meant to be having a tour of Scotland, between Mon 19th & Sat 24th
We're going up as far as Inverness, then down the 'Ness, to Fort William

So there could be a lot to put on here!!

This is the view, for our first night at North Queensferry!!

Then, I think, it's Inverness (2 nights)
Oban (1night)
Somewhere on Skye, for the 5th

 

[uphillstruggler]

The view inside the Queensbury Tunnel, looking towards Halifax. From ground level.
View attachment 519559

im sure i signed a petition about this on one of the change type websites, but you may say different

 

[classic33]

im sure i signed a petition about this on one of the change type websites, but you may say different

Why'd I do that.

 

[uphillstruggler]

Why'd I do that.

just wondering if my memory was correct and the tunnel had indeed been saved, or was it another tunnel im thinking of?

 

[uphillstruggler]

All being well.....
(it's already booked/paid-for)

We're meant to be having a tour of Scotland, between Mon 19th & Sat 24th
We're going up as far as Inverness, then down the 'Ness, to Fort William

So there could be a lot to put on here!!

This is the view, for our first night at North Queensferry!!

View attachment 551367

Then, I think, it's Inverness (2 nights)
Oban (1night)
Somewhere on Skye, for the 5th

now thats a view, brilliant

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 12th
1.

St Giles & St Marys
Market Place
Pontefract

Featured before, but it's a biggie (iphone 4S)

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101135461-church-of-st-giles-pontefract-north-ward#.X4RlPOaSnIU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/429687

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 12th
2.

Beastfair Vaults
Beastfair
Pontefract


The stylised Beasts head (as in old word/slang for Cow/Cattle) on the ShoeMarket side

Beastfair facade; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1734543
ShoeMarket face; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1734543

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 12th
3.

Salter Row
Pontefract
This friese is on the side of the Museum (former Library)

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101313268-pontefract-museum-pontefract-north-ward#.X4So1OaSnIU


Round the corner to the right, of this picture; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2077208

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 12th
4.


Howden Lane railway bridge
(off York Road/B1222)
Naburn

For all the world, with the lining, it looks like a narrow-boat on an aquaduct over the road!!

It is (or was!) the East Coast Main Line, in the days it went over the swingbridge at Narburn, then through Selby, via that swingbridge too
Now a cycleway/bridleway/footpath; https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/york-to-naburn/

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5070511

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 12th
5.


Windmill Inn (when it was open)
WoolMarket
Pontefract

Presumably a repainted/rehung sign, by a local heritage group

Presently closed/boarded up, but with an invitation/offer to recruit new tenants, apparantly

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2285055

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 12th
6.

Hartleys Bridge
FerryBridge

This carried the 'Great North Road' (later A1) over the River Aire, until it was superceded by the adjacent concrete viaduct in the 60's. which itself is now almost redudant, due to the 'new ' A1 a mile, or so, to the west

At present, it's being inspected/repointed/resurfaced
One of the civil engineers told me that they're even having to remove stalactites from under the bridge, due to minerals leaching out of the stonework

Two of the 'flood-arches' on the west bank
The entire area can be a floodplain
(see bottom, below my links)

The 'Cherry Picker' was being used for under-bridge inspections

John Carr.... Architect
Also responsible for such buildings as Harewood House

Parish boundaries;
FerryBridge..... Brotherton

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101225759-ferry-bridge-brotherton#.X4Sux-aSnIU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5271912

From above....
Not my images, but for illustration


Circa 1950

The raised causeway of the 'GNR' can be seen as it heads to Brotherton
In the dual-carriageway days, it headed off slightly, & carried on north past the road shown - that became the southbound 'on' sliproad from the 'Tadcaster TurnPike' (A162)
In this image, the 'GNR' & 'T T' split by the Brotherton Fox pub

The road straight ahead is the original route, as seen above (at top of previous image)
The one to the right is the north-bound 'off-slip' to the 'T T'
Local cyclists may know the area well, as the lane to the left (heading east) goes through Byram & Sutton to Birkin Cafe

 

[Mr Celine]

At the north (Sutherland) end of the bridge at Bonar Bridge is a triangular column with plaques on each side commemorating the first, second and present bridges across the Kyle of Sutherland.

The first bridge was washed away in a flood, the second was dismantled after the current one was constructed.

I thought about extending my loop down to the Cromarty Bridge but the extra 25 miles and the view in front of me made me think it would have been a bridge too far.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

All being well.....
(it's already booked/paid-for)

We're meant to be having a tour of Scotland, between Mon 19th & Sat 24th
We're going up as far as Inverness, then down the 'Ness, to Fort William

So there could be a lot to put on here!!

This is the view, for our first night at North Queensferry!!

View attachment 551367

Then, I think, it's Inverness (2 nights)
Oban (1night)
Somewhere on Skye, for the 5th

Extra night booked at North Queensferry, so heading up in the morning, not on Monday

I'll see what I can spot

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

All being well.....
(it's already booked/paid-for)

We're meant to be having a tour of Scotland, between Mon 19th & Sat 24th
We're going up as far as Inverness, then down the 'Ness, to Fort William

So there could be a lot to put on here!!

This is the view, for our first night at North Queensferry!!

View attachment 551367

Then, I think, it's Inverness (2 nights)
Oban (1night)
Somewhere on Skye, for the 5th

Home about 17:00 yesterday with; 1,738.3 miles driven..................

Lots of hopefully interesting photos taken, but with 600+ to look through, & find links for, plus remembering where some were, even....

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Home about 17:00 yesterday with; 1,738.3 miles driven..................
Lots of hopefully interesting photos taken, but with 600+ to look through, & find links for, plus remembering where some were, even....

Sorry, I've been a bit tardy
I'll try to upload a batch over the next couple of days

Here's a starter for........

1.
Sunday 18th
En-route up, we stopped off in Berwick-upon-Tweed

'The Brewers Arms'
MaryGate

What a glorious frontage!!

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6252626